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IMPsovrD SPRING-HOLDER ron BED-Borrow.

RFUS' LAPHAM, 0F NEW YORK. Laim Para No. 59,799, dazed November20,1866.v

SPECI'FICATION.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, RUFUS LAPHAM, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have made certain improvements in Springs for Beds and otherpurposes, and I do hereby declare. that the ollovving is an exac1description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsand to the letters of reference marked thereoli: i

The nature of my invention consists in attaching a spiral spring to amalleable casting as a base, having z screw thereon, so .as to be easilyattached as desired.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construe tion and operation.

Figure 1 represents sections of a'bedstead rail and slat, with thespring attached.

Figure 2 yrepresents the casting, with a section of the spring and pin.

Figure 3, the malleablecasting, which is made with a. seat of thesameinclination of the spring, S, to b attached, outside of which arepoints projecting upward as represented by p, p, lo, p, to be bent overthe lowe:

round of` the spring so as to hold it 'to its seat firmly. Instead ofthese points a thin shell around may answer which can be bent overinstead of the points. This base or seat is left open in the centre tocorrespond to thl inner size of the spring, so as to allow a pin, P, topass to guide and govern the slat, as seen in fig. 1. Thi` base or seat`has a screw, S', by which it is attached to the rail, R, or work, veryreadily.

The utility. of my invention is easily seen, especially .when applied tobeds already in use, as nothing is tl be taken to produce a perfectspring for a bed except the small casting spring and pin, in themajority o cases.` Itis also very simple, elastic, and durable.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is

1. The device for attaching the spring to its seat, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of the screw, seat, and spring, substantially'asdescribed.

3. Also the combination of the seat, spring, and pin, as substantiallydescribed. Y

' RUFUS LAPHAM,

litnesses:

GEo. CLARK, JR., D. W. SANBORN'.-

